# Job for elasticsearch.service failed because the control process exited with error code

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/job-for-elasticsearch-service-failed-because-the-control-process-exited-with-error-code/109831>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [November 30, 2017, 8:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/job-for-elasticsearch-service-failed-because-the-control-process-exited-with-error-code/109831 "2017-11-30T20:34:01Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 30, 2017, 8:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/job-for-elasticsearch-service-failed-because-the-control-process-exited-with-error-code/109831/2 "2017-11-30T20:34:59Z")

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Upgrading from 5.6.1 to 6.0.0. I install and when trying to start elasticsearch, it fails. Any ideas why?

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